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Apple M1 (8-core)
The processor that opened the Apple silicon era reset every expectation for thin-and-light laptops: silent, cool, all-day battery, and single-core speed that humbled 2020's x86 flagships. Its limits are generational now.
Pros
- Historic performance-per-watt leap
- Fanless-capable in the MacBook Air
- Instant wake and all-day battery life
- Strong iGPU for its era
Cons
- 16GB memory ceiling
- Single external display limit on MacBook Air
- Multi-core long since outclassed
- LPDDR4X bandwidth shows its age
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple M1 (8-core)
General
- Announced
- 2020
- Process
- 5 nm
Cores & Clocks
- Cores
- 8
- Performance cores
- 4
- Efficiency cores
- 4
- Threads
- 8
- Boost clock
- 3.2 GHz
Integrated GPU
- iGPU
- Apple 8-core GPU
Memory
- Memory support
- LPDDR4X-4266
- Max memory
- 16 GB
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,340
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 8,350
- Cinebench R23 (single)
- 1,500
- Cinebench R23 (multi)
- 7,760
Quick answers
Is the Apple M1 (8-core) good in 2026?
The Apple M1 (8-core) earns an Inno Score of 34.4/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The processor that opened the Apple silicon era reset every expectation for thin-and-light laptops: silent, cool, all-day battery, and single-core speed that humbled 2020's x86 flagships. Its limits are generational now.
What are the key specs of the Apple M1 (8-core)?
Cores: 8 · Threads: 8 · Boost clock: 3.2 GHz
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple M1 (8-core)?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Apple M2 (8-core), Intel Core i7-1360P, Apple M1 Pro (10-core) — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
